A teacher is accused of having sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl in Seminole County, according to deputies.

A teacher is accused of having sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl in Seminole County, according to deputies.

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Updated: 11:01 PM EDT Sep 22, 2014

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WEBVTT STORY AND WE'LL UPDATE YOU WITH ANY DEVELOPMENTS AS WE LEARN MORE. ALSO RIGHT NOW A TRAIL OF TEXT MESSAGES LEADS TO THE DISCOVERY OF AN INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIP. NEW TONIGHT A TEACHER ACCUSED OF HAVING SEX WITH A STUDENT IS OUT OF JAIL, AMANDA OABER IS LIVE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU QUESTIONED THE SUSPECT. I DID ASK HIM SOME QUESTIONS, BUT HE DIN OFFER ANY ANSWERS. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE IS ALLEGED 16-YEAR-OLD VICTIM, A GIRL WHO ATTENDS HAGGERTY HIGH SCHOOL DROVE TO FITSWATERS CHULIOTA HOME THIS WEEKEND WHERE THE TWO HAD SEXUAL CONTACT. WHEN 40-YEAR-OLD FITSWATER LEFT THE SEMINOLE COUNTY JAIL. MICHAEL DID YOU HAVE ANY SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH THIS GIRL? HE HAD NO RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ABILITY ACCUSATIONS THAT HE HAD SEXUAL CONTACT WITH A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL AT HIS HOME SATURDAY NIGHT. MICHAEL DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? FITZWATER IS AN EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION TEACHER IN OVEDO WHERE HE HAS TAUGHT SINCE 2009, THE ALLEGED VICTIM ATTENDED HAGGERTY BUT WAS NOT FITSWATER'S STUDENT. INVESTIGATORS WERE TIPPED OFF BY THE GIRL'S MOTHER WHO SPOTTED INAPPROPRIATE TEXT MESSAGES ON HER DAUGHTER'S PHONE. THE GIRL ADMITTED THEY WERE FROM A TEACHER AND WHEN QUESTIONED BY DEPUTIES SHE REVEALED WHAT ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED SATURDAY. THE VICTIM WILLINGLY DROVE TO HIS HOUSE AND THEY HAD INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONS AT HIS RESIDENCE. IN THE ARREST REPORT UNDER THE SECTION FOR STATEMENTS MADE BY FITSWATER DURING HIS ARREST THERE WAS ONLY ONE WORD "ALLEGATIONS DENIED" DEPUTIES SAY THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE WHY PARENTS NEED TO MONITOR THEIR KIDS ACTIVITY. THEY NEED TO BE UP IN THEIR BUSINESS, WATCH THEIR TEXT MESSAGES AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON THE COMPUTER. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS SUSPECTED FITSWATER WITH PAY. THEY SAY THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED THE HAT TO FIRE HIM. THERE ARE CONDITIONS ON HIS $15,000 BOND, ONE THAT HE STAY AWAY FROM HAGGERTY HIGH SCHOOL AND THE OTHER TO STAY AWAY FROM

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Seminole teacher accused of sexual contact with 16-year-old girl

A teacher is accused of having sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl in Seminole County, according to deputies.